How can I disable Apple Intelligence on my iPhone?

When I bought this phone, I was taught I must receive updates to keep the phone functioning properly.

I had a flip phone when I was told it would no longer function because the company would stop all contact with my phone… some kind of tech advancement would require an up graded phone to be operational.

I don’t want this AI function on my phone. I also don’t want to loose anything I had already.

I request the opportunity to have the AI program, (all the parts associated that were added for the AI to operate) removed.

Thank you for your help with this.

Same here. I don’t want AI embedded in my phone. It’s huge privacy issue also it’s highly unethical and harmful technology. Turned my system updates off and no longer upgrading my Apple devices even though I planned for new iPhone this year.

I hear the frustration companies going in a different direction than you want. But AI is everywhere, and it's not as "bad" as many want to believe it to be.

AI has been on your phone since the early iPhones, when Siri was introduced. It's a key part of how a lot of tech functions, and I think the distrust comes from a place of not understanding how it works.

At the heart of AI, is really just a lot of statistics, probability, calculus, and linear algebra. It's largely a game of guessing probabilities by using probability distribution functions through what we call maximum likelihood estimators. Through that, we can build algorithms that pick the option with the highest probability of what you are looking for, and do that over and over for every number, character, ect. to get to the "answer" presented to you.

AI can benefit almost anyone willing to learn how to use it. People love to hate on how bad chatGPT can be, but ignore how good it can be as well. For example, I can't always rely on it to give me the correct solution (it makes silly math errors too often) but it will give me the steps, allowing me to learn on my time without relying on a TA or office hours. My professor tells us to use it, because we had to learn an entire high level stats book in 5 weeks. It's not about it doing the work for me, it's about understanding the correct steps, and then being able to ask follow up questions. The information is 95% accurate imo. I would have been able to understand the content in undergrad so much better. Thankfully I have it in grad school.

This isn't some random black box voodoo witch craft thing designed to take over your life. It's just a guessing game as to finding what information your looking for. For those in the white collar work force, you will need to either learn it or get left behind. Gen Z is growing up with these tools and when you can do three times as much work in an 8 hour work day, you better believe the boss is going to pick them over you. And yes, I have friends who have increased productivity that much with chatGPT.

Maybe I’m late to the party, however, I no longer trust Apple and theirupdates that turn on everything that I specifically turned off… I don’t want to store your content that i do t want to save and pay for it!

confusedmamabear1 wrote:

Maybe I’m late to the party, however, I no longer trust Apple and theirupdates that turn on everything that I specifically turned off… I don’t want to store your content that i do t want to save and pay for it!

I hear ya. Especially after that non-consensual "upgrade" to Sonoma. I wanted to stick with Monterey, and I specifically had all auto-updates/upgrades turned off, and still it happened when I rebooted my MacBook Pro.

Fortunately, my iPhone SE 2nd Gen is not supposed to be compatible with Apple AI, even though it's reportedly okay for iOS 18. Predictive typing suggestions is okay, but that's it.

You all try to tell us all that AI is a good thing. You talk about Siri and other options already in the iOS. But until now we could disable them. If AI of so good why can we not opt out of it? I want AI out of my data. I can search on my own. I do not need AI. Unit now I have been able to disable these things. Same with the new televisions. They will be learning your viewing habits. I do not want that. If AI was so good we could opt out of it. You kids that want AI telling you what you like can have it. The rest of us that already know what we like will opt out.

confusedmamabear1 wrote:

Maybe I’m late to the party, however, I no longer trust Apple and theirupdates that turn on everything that I specifically turned off… I don’t want to store your content that i do t want to save and pay for it!

And if you no longer trust Apple then consider changing to Android where you will almost never get updates for anything, not even security issues.

clicksim wrote:

100% I do NOT want AI built into my iPhone. I will go iphoneless if we do not have options.

Then you will going completely mobile phoneless because ALL smartphone manufacturers are loading their devices full of it, not only Apple, and there’s nothing you can do about except stop using a mobile phone altogether. And besides that you have been using AI on your iPhone as along as you have using it, you juts didn’t realized it.

no2ai wrote:

I dont want AI and have never used siri on any of my devices

You have no choice in the matter as ALL mobile phones and computers are loaded with it already. If you really don’t want AI then sell your devices and get off the internet, find a cabin in the wilderness and live happily thereafter. Simple fact of living in the 21st century.

Youre delusional about AI. You say “it’s not as bad as you think”. Garbage. You think you’re being lied to now…about everything? AI will escalate that to no end. That’s my opinion and apparently there are MANY people that agree with me. But the real issue is every lousy phone manufacturer will not allow users to move on without it. Free choice? I think not! Either make a phone without it or the intelligent people will all switch to flip phones. Everyone else can give up their freedoms and protections for convenience. Good luck.

Your opinion. AI will do nothing for your security or freedoms or opinions. It will only make things more “convenient”. People have been giving up their freedoms, rights, and security for years now, all for a little convenience. Not me. AI will be a disastrous option for us, but not for those who want to dictate all areas of our lives. You go ahead.

Iwantanswersnowforever wrote:

Youre delusional about AI. You say “it’s not as bad as you think”. Garbage. You think you’re being lied to now…about everything? AI will escalate that to no end. That’s my opinion and apparently there are MANY people that agree with me. But the real issue is every lousy phone manufacturer will not allow users to move on without it. Free choice? I think not! Either make a phone without it or the intelligent people will all switch to flip phones. Everyone else can give up their freedoms and protections for convenience. Good luck.

You need to tell us what specific feature you are talking about instead of using generalities. Photos uses AI to perform face and object detection, as well as photo memories suggestions. Is this what you consider being the demise of the world.

Are you specifically talking about generative AI, like what is provided by ChatGPT? For Apple's implementation, you have to specifically allow each such request you ask for using that service. It is not taking over control of your iPhone.

Or are you not speaking specifically about any of the features provided by Apple in iOS18, and speaking more generally such as robots being built to repair themselves and self replicate to take over the world. That topic may be more relevant on a Social Media site and not a Support Site specifically for Apple products and services.

Iwantanswersnowforever wrote:

Yea. Like this “current” technology really has our best interests in mind.

Well , like I said to another similar poster, get off the grid completely, live without technology. There are groups of people who do just that and claim they have simple lives now. Some of them even have cable TV shows about their simple lives. Oops, technology.

Iwantanswersnowforever wrote:

Your opinion. AI will do nothing for your security or freedoms or opinions. It will only make things more “convenient”. People have been giving up their freedoms, rights, and security for years now, all for a little convenience. Not me. AI will be a disastrous option for us, but not for those who want to dictate all areas of our lives. You go ahead.

It's clear the direction technology is moving is not for you. And that's fine. Why you think continuing to express your "fears" over where technology is moving on a user to user only forum designed to help users with technical issues they may be having with the devices they own is a mystery to me. I don't really need to know what your "fears" are at all. They have nothing to do with me or likely most other people. Telling us "we" are delusional is frankly not your place to decide.

If you don't like things to come, there's a simple solution. Don't buy anything you think will be the end of civilization. Don't own a cell phone. Don't own a car with AI technology, like navigation systems. Don't own a computer. Just remove yourself from the technical world altogether.

Personally, I'm excited about the coming technologies and plan to embrace all the new things I can!

Iwantanswersnowforever wrote:

Your opinion. AI will do nothing for your security or freedoms or opinions. It will only make things more “convenient”. People have been giving up their freedoms, rights, and security for years now, all for a little convenience. Not me. AI will be a disastrous option for us, but not for those who want to dictate all areas of our lives. You go ahead.

"AI" is a tool. Like any tool, it can be used to make life better, or it can be used to make us miserable. Sometimes, both at the same time. Hammers are very useful, but they can also be weapons. That doesn't mean we make hammers illegal. It means we have laws against harming people.

And people have said pretty much the same thing about every technological advance.